orientation to web conferencing in elluminate (blackboard collaborate)

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Global English Corner Introduction to “Elluminate” web conferencing Photo credit: (creative commons at flickr) Thanks:Joshfassbind, http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshfassbind/4584323789/

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Introduction to web conferencing spaces (in Elluminate, aka Blackboard Collaborate).

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Page 1: Orientation to web conferencing in elluminate (blackboard collaborate)

Global English Corner

Introduction to “Elluminate” web

conferencing

Photo credit: (creative commons at flickr) Thanks:Joshfassbind, http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshfassbind/4584323789/

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Notes from the sessions

Notes from the sessions athttp://gecvu.wikispaces.com/

(Write it down for later)

Let’s explore together.

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Invisible colleagues?

You cannot see your colleagues – their facial expressions and body language.

How do you feel?What can you do?

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Use the Text Chat Box

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Non-verbal signals

Polling symbols

“Raise your hand”

(Your hand stays “up” until you put it down. You get a number against your name.)

Step away from the session(eg on a phone call)

Smiley face, applause (and opposites)

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Use the Smiley Symbol

Click the smiley face, or “give me a smiley face”, if you can hear my voice.

Can you hear my voice?

Smiley face,to signal approval or agreement

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Audio Setup Wizard

Always try this

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Voice (microphone)

Listening (mic off)

Speaking (mic on)

Notice speaker name above mic

Remember to Turn Off when you're finished!

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Have you used either skype or QQ?

Are you experienced?

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Tick / cross to show yes / no.

Polling

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The mic turns yellow when you turn it on.

Remember to Turn Off when you're finished!

Conversation

How does this compare with Skype?

(Take the microphone, one at a time)

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Use the Polling Symbols (next to the smiley face)

A) PurpleB) GreenC) YellowD) Red

Which colour is your favourite?

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Text chat

Choose individual names here for private message.

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Use the Text Chat Box

Tell us what you think about using technology in

the classroom – does it help students?

Technology in the classroom

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Whiteboard tools - text

Give your students the chance to add their thoughts to the board

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Whiteboard tools – free playUse any tool .. Experiment to see what happens on the whiteboard.

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Use the whiteboard text tool (A) – next screen

Vocabulary work

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Brainstorming for theme-based learning:

Work together to write all the weather words you can think

of.

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Vocabulary work: collect words about the weather.

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Debate Use the whiteboard text tool (A) – next screen

Eg “The popularity of the English language is a

danger to other languages.”

or “Television makes you stupid.”

or “Girls are smarter than boys.”

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For Against

Debate: “Girls are smarter than boys.”

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Follow up from these sessions

You'll find notes, session summaries, related links, help

files and video at http://gecvu.wikispaces.com/You can join the site and post

questions.

This introduction to elluminate was created by Michael Chalk from resources made for Victorian ACFE e-mentor

projects, Adult Learning Australia (ALA), and Victoria University.

Licensed under creative commons.

Photo credit: (creative commons at flickr) Thanks:Joshfassbind, http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshfassbind/4584323789/

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This introduction to elluminate (Version 10) was created by Michael Chalk from existing resources

made for Victorian ACFE e-mentor projects, Adult Learning Australia (ALA), and Victoria University.

Licensed under creative commons:

“Introduction to elluminate web conferencing” by Michael Chalk is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License.

Michael Chalk is at http://michalk.id.au/txt/

Please retain all credits for photographers.

Photo credit: (creative commons at flickr) Thanks:Joshfassbind, http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshfassbind/4584323789/